x404.co.uk - View topic - Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

View unanswered posts | View active topics It is currently Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:35 pm

Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

Moderators: saspro, HeatherKay, timark_uk, Blue_Nowhere, l3v1ck

Page 1 of 1

[ 5 posts ]

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

Author

Message

paulzolo

What's a life?

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
Posts: 12251

Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000


	Quote: A diplodocus skeleton has been sold at auction for £400,000 ($652,000). The 17m-long (56ft) dinosaur was found in a quarry in Wyoming, US, and then assembled in Rotterdam. It is thought to be one of only six relatively complete specimens in the world. An undisclosed institution bought the skeleton, which auction officials said would be going on public display.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25094101

I wish I had £400,000 to throw at a dinosaur skeleton. Well, probably £500,000 as I’d need to get it from the site to somewhere else and store it while I negotiate with the NHM in London about loaning it to them, and ensuring it keeps their fake skeleton company in the main hall. :lol:

_________________
All the best,
Paul


	brataccas wrote: your posts are just combo chains of funny win

I’m on Twitter, tweeting away... My Photos Random Avatar Explanation

Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:16 am

Paul1965

I haven't seen my friends in so long

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Posts: 5975

Re: Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000


	paulzolo wrote: I wish I had £400,000 to throw at a dinosaur skeleton.

Me too! An 2 metre long ichthyosaur fossil recently went to auction and I'd have loved that.

_________________
"I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet." - Stanislaw Lem

Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:11 pm

Amnesia10

Legend

Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)

Re: Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

That is dirt cheap. There was a T-Rex that was seized by the US tax authorities that went for several million.

_________________
Do concentrate, 007...

"You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds."

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTk

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21

Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:22 am

pcernie

Legend

Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast

Re: Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

A 'raptor skeleton would be cool.

_________________
Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:45 pm

Amnesia10

Legend

Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)

Re: Wyoming diplodocus skeleton fetches £400,000

While like many others I would love one, but a reproduction would suit me just as well as long as the original was in a public museum.

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

_________________
Do concentrate, 007...

"You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds."

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTk

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21

Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:05 am

Page 1 of 1

[ 5 posts ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum